input

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

input
    n 1: signal going into an electronic system [syn: {input
         signal}, {input}]
    2: a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or
       adds information; "from time to time she contributed a
       personal comment on his account" [syn: {remark}, {comment},
       {input}]
    3: any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
       [syn: {stimulation}, {stimulus}, {stimulant}, {input}]
    4: a component of production; something that goes into the
       production of output
    v 1: enter (data or a program) into a computer

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

input

   <architecture> {Data} transferred from the outside world into
   a computer system via some kind of {input device}.

   Opposite: {output}.

   (1997-04-28)

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

ALPHA
Input

   <language> (Or "Input") An extension of {ALGOL 60} for the
   {M-20} computer developed by A.P. Ershov at Novosibirsk in
   1961.  ALPHA includes {matrix} operations, {slices}, and
   complex arithmetic.

   ["The Alpha Automatic Programming System", A.P. Ershov ed.,
   A-P 1971].

   (1995-05-10)

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

26 Moby Thesaurus words for "input":
      access, admission, entrance, entree, entry, import, importation,
      importing, income, incoming, infiltration, ingoing, ingress,
      ingression, insertion, insinuation, intake, interpenetration,
      introduction, introgression, intrusion, leakage, penetration,
      percolation, reception, seepage